UCITS
Investment | 2 Jun 16
Tilney Bestinvest launches new Ucits funds aimed at expats
Investment manager Tilney Bestinvest has unveiled a new range of risk-graded multi-asset, Ucits compliant, Open-Ended Investment Companies (OEICs).
BlackRock offers US mortgage backed securities bond ETF
BlackRock is launching Europe’s first exchange traded fund (ETF) investing in high quality US mortgage-backed securities.
Alternatives | 26 May 16
Ucits fund sales fall sharply in Q1, Efama data shows
Rock-bottom interest rates and plummeting consumer confidence saw a big drop in net sales of Ucits funds in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest figures published by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama).
Nikko AM launches new Japan equity Ucits fund
Nikko Asset Management has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled Japan Focus Equity Ucits fund, with further Ucits funds planned for later this year.
European closet tracker investigation ‘flawed’
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (Esma) investigation into funds marketing themselves as active but in reality are passive, or ‘closet trackers’, underestimates the extent of the problem, according to UK investment boutique SCM Direct.